Carpet-sweeper.



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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1903.

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UNITED STATESV Patented June 7,1904'.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER D. HODSON, OF MARION, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO PHILIP MAT- TER AND BENJAMIN F. BURK, OOPARTNERS TRADING AS NATIONAL SVVEEPER COMPANY, OF MARION, INDIANA.'

CARPET-SWEEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part' of VLetters Patentrio. 761,836, dated June 7, 1904.

Application file d June 25, 1903.

To all whom. it' may concern:

Beit known that I, WALTER D. I-IoDsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oarpet-Sweepers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to carpet-sweepers, and has for its object to provide certain new IO and useful improvements therein relating particularly to the'pans ormeans for dumping the same toward the center.

`My invention in one form is illustrated Ain the accompanying drawings, wherein'- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a cross-section. Fig. 3.is`"`a like cross-section with the pans tilted.

Like parts are indicated by the same letters in all the figures.

A is the handle; B, the bail; O, thecase or cover; D, the elastic band which surrounds the body of the case or cover; E E, the supporting-wheels; F, one of the pans,and G the brush. The pan F is mounted on the pivot F, which projects into the ends of the case,- has an upwardly-turned edge F2 at its inner end, and is adapted to seat in the notch F3 in the side of the' case C. Pivoted to the pan F at .I is the pan-guard, consisting of the arms J J- and the forward portion J2, which, as indicated in Fig. i2, when the' pan is in its normal position serves in lieu of or acts as the forward portion of the pan. The arms of the pan-guard are slotted at J, and through each slot projects from the case the pin J4. Thus when the pan is tilted, as indicated in Fig. 3, the pan-guard is lifted into the position shown. Secured to the pan, preferably at the pivotpoints J, is onearm K of the yoke K. This 40 yoke terminates abovev in the vertical piece K2, which projects through the case and itself terminates in th'e foot or finger piece K3.

It is obvious that the device might be considerably altered without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I wish the particular form described to Ibe considered as merely illustrative of my invention.

The use and operation of my invention are center or toward the brush.

Serial No. 163,029. (No model.)

obvious from the foregoing description. When the parts are in their normal position, as .shown in Fig. 2, the sweeper contains two well-delined complete pans, each adapted to receive its load and to retain it. The pan` lprojects into the case and forms a close joint therewith, whileat its forward end it is providedl with a close-fitting guard or piece to complete the pan. When the pans are to be dumped by depressing the foot-piece K3, the yoke is depressed, and since the yoke makes engagement with the pans at a distance from 6o their pivots they will be forced downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3, thus dumping the matter whichthey contain toward the This motion also raises the pan-guards, as indicated in Fig. 3, so that the material can fall out.

I claim- 1. In acarpetfsweeper, the combination of two inwardly-d umping pans,witl1pan-guards, and means for lifting such pan-guards away from the pans when the latter are depressed.

2. In a carpetsweep er, the combination ofa case with two inwardly-dumping pans, and pan-guards for their forward ends pivoted to the pans at one end and loosely secured to the I .case toward the other end.

3. In a carpet-sweeper, the combination of a case with two inwardly-dumping pivoted pans, and two pan-guards, pivoted each to its pan and attached by a sliding connection to the SO sweeper-case.

4.. In a carpet-sweeper, the combination of a easewith a pan pivoted to the case,and dumping means, a pivotal connection between the pan and such dumping means, such pivotal connection being located between the panpivot and the brush, and a pan-guard pivoted to the pan and-loosely connected with the case.

5. In a carpet-sweeper, the combination of acase with apan pivoted to the case,and dumping means, a pivotal connection between the pan and such dumping means, such pivotal connection being located between the panpivot and the brush, and apan-guard pivoted to the dumping means and loosely connected with the case.

6. na carpet-sweeper, the combination of a case with a tilting` inwardly-ilumping pan. acase witha pan pivoted to the case, and dumpand a tilting pan-guard, the two being pi voted ing means, a pivotal connection between the together and each pivotally connected with pan and such dumping means, Such pivotal the case and one of them having a slidingconconnection being located between the pannection with the case.

pivot and the brush. and a pan-guard attached ff Y l l t0 the Same pivot as that which connects the ll ALFLEI" D' U01 )50N pan and the dumping means and loosely con- VVitnesseS:

-nected with the case. CHARLES XV. HALDMAN,

IO 7. In acarpet-sweeper, the combination of PHILIP MATTER. 

